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'His Very Best' calls Jimmy Carter 'perhaps the most misunderstood president'

'His Very Best' calls Jimmy Carter 'perhaps the most misunderstood president'

Jonathan Alter tells Carter's life story beautifully and with admirable fairness — while it's evident that he admires Carter, he treats the former president as a real person, as flawed as anyone else.
by Michael Schaub

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A lead prosecutor on Mueller's team weighs in on where the investigation fell short

A lead prosecutor on Mueller's team weighs in on where the investigation fell short

Federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann says the Mueller investigation was fundamentally shaped by the president's power to fire the team and to pardon key witnesses. His new book is “Where Law Ends.”
by Dave Davies

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'Leave The World Behind' Is A Signature Novel For This Blasted Year

'Leave The World Behind' Is A Signature Novel For This Blasted Year

A family on vacation opens the door of their remote Airbnb rental one night to an older couple who claims to be the home's owners. Rumaan Alam's thrilling novel is about race, class and self-delusion.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Violinist's tiny balcony concerts take a bow Friday

Violinist's tiny balcony concerts take a bow Friday

Since the start of the pandemic, Minnesota Opera violinist Emilia Mettenbrink has been putting on tiny balcony concerts from her home in St. Paul's Ramsey Hill neighborhood.

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New groups aim to get more Latinx stories to young readers

New groups aim to get more Latinx stories to young readers

Kids don't often get to read stories about Latinos; statistics show the American publishing industry is overwhelmingly white. Several new groups of writers, editors and agents are out to change that.
by Mandalit del Barco

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Al Sharpton: Policing in America will change because of George Floyd's death

Al Sharpton: Policing in America will change because of George Floyd's death

Rev. Al Sharpton spoke with NPR about his new book “Rise Up.” Of George Floyd's death, he said: "I had begun to see, by the time of the funeral, there had been a movement that was unlike others."
by Steve Inskeep

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Romance meets the real world in 'Real Men Knit'

Romance meets the real world in 'Real Men Knit'

This week, Code Switch is talking about the books that are getting us through the pandemic. Today's conversation is with Kwana Jackson, author of a romance that doesn't leave real life behind.
by Karen Grigsby Bates

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'Vote for Our Future' answers kids' questions about elections

'Vote for Our Future' answers kids' questions about elections

Ask a Bookseller wraps up its monthlong focus on books for young readers with a recommendation for a picture book that teaches kids about elections. Bookseller Christian Nardi of the kids' bookstore Bee Hive in Santa Fe, N.M., recommends "Vote for Our Future" by Margaret McNamara and Micah Player.
by Emily Bright

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